Local government minister John Healey announced a new formula would be used to distribute money to councils. The move will bring an end to "damping", which took the edge off the formula by guaranteeing local authorities a minimum amount of funding. But London Councils said the formula was "technically flawed". Its chairman Merrick Cockell said it would unfairly discriminate against urban areas. He said inadequate figures on migration mean that population statistics in many urban areas...